Winter 2015-16

Features

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POWER FOR PART-TIMERS

MELISSA KEITH

By securing more hours for grocery workers and getting the employer to post work schedules earlier, unions are combating precarity in retail work. These are just two of the ways they’re trying to rebuild retail jobs into viable careers.

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HIGH WALLS WITH RAZOR WIRE

MIKE ORDERS

Economic refugees, Myanmar migrant workers in the busy Thai border town of Mae Sot are struggling for better working conditions.

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THE BUSMAN’S HOLIDAY

DEREK BLACKADDER

A holiday of surf and sun is fun, but there are ways you can rest up and recharge the unionist batteries at the same time. Tips for trade union travellers.

“The desire to make this world better for everybody is there, no matter how old you are,” says Edmonton-based union activist Ramon Antipan. He came to Canada as a Chilean refugee in the 1970s, bringing his sense of justice and his care for the world with him.